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Find examples of language used in each of the pieces to describe the parents of both children. How does this language differ? What are the messages and values on social class? (10 marks) From the first article I can see that the family of the missing child is middle class. This can be a factor in the reason why the article does not attack the family as much as in the second article. An example of this is in the first article where it says " The mother of missing toddler Madeleine McCann is so traumatised by the kidnap of her daughter that shE cannot bear to be parted from her two-year-old twins at night." This puts no faults on the parents when the story proves otherwise as the story shows that the parents left the child on her own and went out to party with friends. This shows irresponsibility as they are in a foreign country at night leaving a child on her own and the article supports the parents and try to make the audience feel sorry for the family wh...

My name is Casey Peart and this is my essay about the news values of a news story. The story I have chosen is the story of the 12 soldiers who died in Niger and how Donald Trump was disrespectful Mr Johnson’s wife. Mr Johnson is one of the 12 soldiers that died in Niger. This has a high threshold as it has Donald trump in the name which is big because he is the president of the United States which is one of the most powerful countries in the world. Also the UK have an alliance with the United States meaning it has a close proximity also. It may not be close to home however we are in close relation to America. Also as we are in close relation to America stories from America reach the UK the quickest also news companies such as the BBC report on Donald Trump a lot which reaches America also. This story also links to the Paul Gilroy idea of otherness as the story portrays a white man slandering a black man and woman and the news jump on the story. Donald trump supposedly called t...